Top US general says Afghan collapse can be traced to Trump-Taliban deal - My News TV

Recent Posts

Post Top Ad

Post Top Ad

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Top US general says Afghan collapse can be traced to Trump-Taliban deal

Responsive Ads Here

The Doha agreement, signed in February 2020, set a date for the US to fully withdraw troops by May 2021

The collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces can be traced to a 2020 agreement between the Taliban and the Trump administration that promised a complete US troop withdrawal, senior Pentagon officials have told Congress.

Gen Frank McKenzie, the head of central command, told the House armed services committee that once the US troop presence was pushed below 2,500 as part of President Joe Biden’s decision in April to complete a total withdrawal by September, the unraveling of the US-backed Afghan government accelerated.

Continue reading...

from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3igHkec

No comments:

Post a Comment

Post Top Ad